Date: Sun, 18 Sep 2005 20:16:57 +0100 (BST) From: Gavin Atkinson <gavin.atkinson@ury.york.ac.uk> To: Giorgos Keramidas <keramida@freebsd.org> Cc: cvs-src@freebsd.org, src-committers@freebsd.org, cvs-all@freebsd.org Subject: Re: cvs commit: src/share/man/man5 passwd.5 Message-ID: <20050918200104.F89636@ury.york.ac.uk> In-Reply-To: <200509181540.j8IFe2LR042274@repoman.freebsd.org> References: <200509181540.j8IFe2LR042274@repoman.freebsd.org>
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[-- Attachment #1 --] On Sun, 18 Sep 2005, Giorgos Keramidas wrote: > keramida 2005-09-18 15:40:02 UTC > > Modified files: > share/man/man5 passwd.5 > Log: > Explain the use of `*' in master.passwd and that it's slightly > different from the use of `*' in /etc/passwd. +.Nm master.passwd +file, a password of +.Ql * +is used to indicate that no one can ever log into that account. +The field only contains encrypted passwords, and +.Ql * +can never be the result of encrypting a password. This is not strictly true - all it prevents is logins using passwords. Passwordless logins using SSH public keys (for example) are unaffected. Perhaps the attached patch chould be committed? Gavin [-- Attachment #2 --] --- passwd.5.old Sun Sep 18 16:40:02 2005 +++ passwd.5 Sun Sep 18 20:15:16 2005 @@ -110,7 +110,9 @@ .Nm master.passwd file, a password of .Ql * -is used to indicate that no one can ever log into that account. +is used to indicate that no one can ever log into that account +using passwords. +Passwordless logins will not be prevented. The field only contains encrypted passwords, and .Ql * can never be the result of encrypting a password.
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